WHAT ANDREW CARMELLINI CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT
The Strategist at New York magazine asked Locanda Verde (and lots more) chef Andrew Carmellini what he can’t live without, and it includes oregano on a branch, black T-shirts and a synthesizer. This is his Spotlight feature from 2024, when the restaurant turned 15.

7 PLATT IS NEAR COMPLETION
Yimby has an update on the construction of 7 Platt (at John Street), a 464-foot-tall mixed-use building in Fidi. That is my picture from May 2024!! From Yimby: “Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by The Moinian Group, the 37-story structure will span 250,000 square feet and yield 250 rental apartments in studio- to two-bedroom layouts, including penthouse residences with an accompanying penthouse lounge.” There will also be retail on the first five floors and underground parking for 34 cars.

HEDGE FUNDER SELLING FOR $16 MILLION
Crain’s has a story that Hedge fund billionaire Tom Hill is selling his 4400-square-foot condo in River Lofts, aka 92 Laight / 424 Washington, for $16 million and included this tidbit: “The Tribeca unit comes to market as the luxury market is booming. Between Dec. 1 and Dec. 7, buyers signed contracts for 29 condos, co-ops and townhouses priced for $4 million or more in Manhattan, 10 more deals than in the previous week, according to data from Olshan Realty. The median asking price for last week’s deals was $6.5 million, the firm said.”

BLAST FROM THE PAST: GORSART CLOTHES
Not sure how, but I came across this Times story from 2001, when Gorsart Clothes, which ones had 30 tailors working there, closed its doors on Murray and Broadway. I wanted to store it here for reference. From The Times: “It was a place for Wall Street executives to go for three-piece suits. Or for F.B.I. agents to have jackets tailored with shoulder holsters in mind. For a short time, it even sold women’s clothing. Beginning in 1921, Gorsart Clothes was a uniform store for the suit-wearing legions of Manhattan’s financial district. The store, which was tucked into a second-floor loft space on Murray Street between Broadway and Church Street, quietly maintained a steady stream of male customers like bankers, lawyers and judges who wanted a certain level of personalized service, and communicated with them only by direct mail and word of mouth.”